Fairfax William Cartwright (14 May 1823 – 2 February 1881) was an academic, soldier and
Conservative politician who sat in the
House of Commons from 1868 to 1881.
Cartwright was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General
William Cartwright of
Flore House,
Weedon, Northamptonshire and his wife Mary Anne Jones, only daughter and heiress of Henry Jones. He was educated at
Christ Church, Oxford
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where he graduated B.A. in 1844, and subsequently became a
Fellow of All Souls. He served in the Austrian Army for a while, and was later major in the 2nd Hussars
British German Legion which was raised for service in the
Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
. He was a
J.P. and a
Deputy Lieutenant of
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
.
At the
1868 general election, Cartwright was elected as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
South Northamptonshire and held the seat until his death in 1881,
unmarried. He was one of the most active campaigners for police superannuation.
Carolyn Steedman ''Policing the Victorian community: the formation of English provincial police forces, 1856-80'' Routledge, 1984
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1823 births
1881 deaths
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
People from Weedon Bec
Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire
Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom